India, the world's third largest producer of coal, imported 212.103 million tons (mt) of dry fuel worth over Rs 1 lakh crore in the last fiscal, the highest ever in terms of value and quantity.
The coal imports in the financial year 2014-15 were at 212.103 mt, an increase of 27% over the previous year, as per the data of the provisional coal statistics of 2014-15. Of the 212.103 mt of coal (worth Rs 1,04,524.1 crore), the non-coking coal import was 168.388 mt, while coking coal import was 43.715 mt.
The coal import during 2013-14 was at 166.857 mt (Rs 92,329.2 crore) while in 2012-13 it was 145.785 mt (Rs 86,845.5 crore).